Pavel Řehák

Pavel Řehák is one of those quietly fascinating figures who slipped between worlds — growing up in communist-era Czechoslovakia, carving out a career in Czech top-flight football with Slavia Prague, and then making the bold leap to Japan at a time when very few Europeans were doing that. That willingness to venture east tells you something about his character. When the boots came off, he didn't drift away from the game; he stayed close to it as a coach, eventually landing an assistant manager role at Vissel Kobe before stepping up to the top job in 2005. No glitzy trophies on the shelf, no tabloid drama — just a football lifer who went wherever the game took him, and that kind of quiet dedication deserves more recognition than it usually gets.

Name (English)

Pavel Řehák

Name (Japanese)

パベル・ジェハーク

Reading

ぱべる・じぇはーく

Born

October 7, 1963 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rabbit

Origin

Prague, Czech Republic

Height

178 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel%20%C5%98eh%C3%A1k
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47518

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.